Features on cars that never took hold….

On my old DC5 Integra Type R, they had a nice push start button but the downside was you had to put your key into ignition and turn it all the way until the last click before it kicked started the engine. By the time you done all that you may has well just not use the push start.
 
Rilot said:
Never made it to production Lexus cars. It was a testbed for development.
Several new cars have magnetic springs now. Mustangs, Audi R8 come to mind.
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I don't think it's the same thing. The one on Audis is magnetic in the way that you can adjust the stiffness from harsh to really harsh. The Lexus one kept the car perfectly level and smooth at all times.
 
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Windows, stupid idea, easily broken by thieves, stones etc. Causes motion sickness by looking through them. Who on earth thought them up?
 
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Spleen Sauce said:
There’s a feature that seems to be fitted to a few cars now (no specific model it seems) where it programs the brain into thinking a red traffic light means ‘just 3 more cars’ and not ‘stop’.

It’s starting to gain traction this feature I think, but I’m hoping it won’t catch on.
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It was fitted as standard to BMWs instead of indicators, i believe.
 
dLockers said:
My E43 has a column gear lever but it is an auto :D
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When my C63 went in for a safety recall (something to do with the passenger airbag releasing shrapnel if it went off) I got a new style C class as a courtesy car (boring diesel unfrtunately). Took me more than a minute to work out how to put the damn thing in gear. What is it with Merc and their inability to use stalk controls properly?
The bloody stupid one on my own car, which controls indicators, wipers and washers is a terrible bit of design that leaves you scared to wash the window at night in case you accidentally blind an oncoming motorist.
 
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When my C63 went in for a safety recall (something to do with the passenger airbag releasing shrapnel if it went off) I got a new style C class as a courtesy car (boring diesel unfrtunately). Took me more than a minute to work out how to put the damn thing in gear. What is it with Merc and their inability to use stalk controls properly?
The bloody stupid one on my own car, which controls indicators, wipers and washers is a terrible bit of design that leaves you scared to wash the window at night in case you accidentally blind an oncoming motorist.
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Haha - switching between my 43 and the Pug is always a roll of the dice. I've almost gone for gears instead of wipers a dozen times at least!
 
wolfie138 said:
talking of distractions, i regularly see trucks up and down the motorway here where they've got, eg, a huge LED light NUFC crest in the back of the cab; how is that legal, surely it must cause some horrible reflections on the windshield?
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We’ve got a driver at our place and his cab is lit up with lots of multi coloured L.E.D’s, it looks imo ridiculous and I’m fairly sure illegal, having moved his vehicle in the yard at night I can confirm they certainly do reflect on the windscreen, I’m quite sure we’re he to have an accident where he’s ran into the back of someone, I think he’d be in trouble!

We’re not allowed to display things such as name plates in our vehicles yet they seem to think this is fine….
 
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Donnie Fisher said:
The pano roofs are nice in the daylight, but blooming cold at night/winter. You can really feel the cold air fall off them without the blinds over. I have the blinds over most of the time on mine.
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my wife's model Y has a full pano roof, with a very heavy tint. Maybe it's because it's double glazed (like all the windows), but definitely haven't noticed it being cold at all even when it's been -6 outside?

I think full pano roofs like this make a huge difference, find it so odd there's so many people against them here. It'd be even better if it was auto dimming, ie clear at night and dark on a bright day (Porsche do this with the Taycan i think?), but still fantastic.

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More of a “features that I’m glad have disappeared” post.

- Column/dashboard gear levers.
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column gear levers haven't gone anywhere, quite a few new cars have them? Mercedes E/S classes do, Teslas all do. I don't see why they'd be a negative actually, flicking between drive and reverse when doing a 3 point turn is actually way quicker with that than a gear stick in the middle.
 
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rG-tom said:
my wife's model Y has a full pano roof, with a very heavy tint. Maybe it's because it's double glazed (like all the windows), but definitely haven't noticed it being cold at all even when it's been -6 outside?
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Yep, plus ours auto closes / opens the blinds depending on the weather conditions.
 
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I think full pano roofs like this make a huge difference, find it so odd there's so many people against them here.
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My issue with pano rooves isn't that I'm against the idea per se, just that they cost extra and sometimes reduce headroom. I don't want to pay more money for less headroom.
 
Glass roofs and sunroofs 1) are expensive to repair 2) will eventually leak 3) it's expensive to buy and 4) they reduce headroom
 
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rG-tom said:
my wife's model Y has a full pano roof, with a very heavy tint. Maybe it's because it's double glazed (like all the windows), but definitely haven't noticed it being cold at all even when it's been -6 outside?

I think full pano roofs like this make a huge difference, find it so odd there's so many people against them here. It'd be even better if it was auto dimming, ie clear at night and dark on a bright day (Porsche do this with the Taycan i think?), but still fantastic.

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column gear levers haven't gone anywhere, quite a few new cars have them? Mercedes E/S classes do, Teslas all do. I don't see why they'd be a negative actually, flicking between drive and reverse when doing a 3 point turn is actually way quicker with that than a gear stick in the middle.
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Mines a model 3 and I notice the cold, maybe your head is further away, or it's my thinning insulation :p .
 
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